what's the beer that got you into it?

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  1. YieldToNothing

    YieldToNothing Initiate (0) Mar 13, 2013 New York

    i slowly started getting into this world starting last summer. it was sparked by a trip to europe that started in belgium. went to see pearl jam at the rock werchter festival just outside brussels with a friend who is a beer geek.

    never really was much of a beer drinker, i'd enjoy a molson or a heineken once in a while but usually stuck to spirits. sat at a bar and let the bartender choose my beer and was served a st bernardus abt 12. had no idea beer could taste like that.
    that's the one that did it.
     
    #1 YieldToNothing, Mar 17, 2013
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  2. DogfishJoe

    DogfishJoe Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2010 Ohio

    Blue moon then Indian brown ale then 90min
     
    #2 DogfishJoe, Mar 17, 2013
  3. rc51sport

    rc51sport Initiate (0) Feb 25, 2013 North Carolina

    60min got me started. Was sick of drinking bud and needed something different. Saw some 60min on tap and decided to give it a shot. WOW, all the new flavors I have never experienced before. Now I'm always wanting to try something new. Now it makes me sick when people ask "what is your favorite beer? Bud, miller, or coors?". I just look at them in disappointment
     
    #3 rc51sport, Mar 17, 2013
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  4. ddedhed

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    I never really got in to BMC. Back in high school, all my friends drank Bud, but I preferred Killians. Then in college, I started drinking Dead Guy Ale and Sierra Nevada. That's when I completely stopped ordering BMC at the bars.

    I thought these were just fuller flavor beers. Then, the first time I had Chimay Blue, I understood how much potential there really was for beer.
     
    #4 ddedhed, Mar 17, 2013
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  5. BadgerBrewer16

    BadgerBrewer16 Devotee (398) Jan 7, 2012 Wisconsin

    Being from Wisconsin it was NG spotted cow
     
    #5 BadgerBrewer16, Mar 17, 2013
  6. williamjbauer

    williamjbauer Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2012 Colorado

    Sam Adams Octoberfest -->ommagang three philosophers--->sierra Nevada and great lakes
     
    #6 williamjbauer, Mar 17, 2013
  7. EdTheEdge

    EdTheEdge Initiate (0) Mar 26, 2011 California

    Anchor Steam.
     
    #7 EdTheEdge, Mar 17, 2013
  8. LiquidCourage

    LiquidCourage Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2012 Rhode Island

    Sam Winter Lager
     
    #8 LiquidCourage, Mar 17, 2013
  9. Ivegotmule

    Ivegotmule Initiate (0) Nov 7, 2012 North Carolina

    Stone Ruination pushed me over the edge.
     
    #9 Ivegotmule, Mar 17, 2013
  10. CKYnick01

    CKYnick01 Initiate (0) Feb 8, 2013 Delaware

    Blue Moon, then Dogfish Head 60 min
     
    #10 CKYnick01, Mar 17, 2013
  11. BeerNFoodDood

    BeerNFoodDood Initiate (0) Jul 7, 2012 Colorado

    Blue Moon and Spotted Cow
     
    #11 BeerNFoodDood, Mar 17, 2013
  12. silverking

    silverking Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2012 Florida

    Sierra Nevada Torpedo.
     
    #12 silverking, Mar 17, 2013
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  13. BlackDragon

    BlackDragon Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2013 Michigan

    New Holland Dragons Milk I'd hated every beer I ever tried before that including some craft IPAs.
     
    #13 BlackDragon, Mar 17, 2013
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  14. Colosdog

    Colosdog Initiate (0) Jan 30, 2013 Massachusetts

    St. Berbardus Abt 12 also.
     
    #14 Colosdog, Mar 17, 2013
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  15. danmcg62

    danmcg62 Zealot (744) Jan 24, 2006 Massachusetts

    Sam Boston Lager was the beginning for me.
     
    #15 danmcg62, Mar 17, 2013
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  16. TNasty1126

    TNasty1126 Initiate (0) Jun 21, 2012 Washington

    Rogue Dead Guy---> Old Crustacion Barley wine---> Behemoth sealed the deal.
     
    #16 TNasty1126, Mar 17, 2013
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  17. DHS1029

    DHS1029 Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2013 Illinois

    Three Floyds Gumballhead
     
    #17 DHS1029, Mar 17, 2013
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  18. jrnyc

    jrnyc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,012) Mar 21, 2010 New York
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Green Flash West Coast IPA, it was unlike anything I had ever tasted before.
     
    #18 jrnyc, Mar 17, 2013
  19. hoppytobehere

    hoppytobehere Pooh-Bah (2,046) Aug 10, 2012 District of Columbia
    Pooh-Bah

    Fat Tire back in 2001. :grimacing:
     
    #19 hoppytobehere, Mar 17, 2013
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  20. 19etz55

    19etz55 Savant (1,236) Aug 12, 2007 New Jersey
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    Black Label. The beer my Grandfather gave me at age 14.
     
    #20 19etz55, Mar 17, 2013
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